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Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
6.6 / 10• 2019• 55m•NR• French
DocumentaryTV Movie
Storyline
An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses (1988), thirty years after the fatwa uttered by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini: his youth in multicultural Bombay, his life in England, his many years of forced hiding, his thoughts on President Trump's United States of America.
Cast & Crew
BB
Beulah Borr
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lead
Salman Rushdie
Self - Writer
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Aa
Abdullah al Ahdal
Self - Imam (archive footage)
Isabelle Adjani
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Ali Khamenei
Self - Politician (archive footage)
HI
Hitoshi Igarashi
Self - Translator (archive footage)
Bono
Self - Musician (archive footage)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Karel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
